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oRsoN misAIx MUNN, or soUTHAMP'roN, NEW YORK.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS.

Application led June 21, 1922. Serial No. 569,892'.v

fTo all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ORSON D. MUNN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Southampton, in the county of Suffolk and lState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Amusement Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rIhis invention relates to amusement apparatus, and has reference -more particularly to a competitivek game device for use at amusement parks or establishments, or for other like purposes. The invention also relates to an amusement apparatus, which comprises a plurality of 'targets,each consisting of an iniiatable member which serves as the target object, and which, when properly struck, may be burst or deflated.

V- An object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive amusement apparatus, which may be used competitively or otherwise, which is particularly adapted for service'atamusement parks or the like and which will affordentertainment andV means for the practice of skill and accuracy ftojboth young and old.

' A further object of the invention is to provide an amusement apparatus consisting of a plurality of targets, in which the number of targets used may be varied as `desirable or necessary, in which the targets,

1when properly struck, instantly burst or deflate, and in which the targets mayv be very expeditiously and easily replaced at little expense. Y

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and ar,- rangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawingsvFigure 1 s a vertical-section showing an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevation, partly in vertical section, showing the form of the device illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section showing a modified form of my invention; and

Figure 1 is a view similar to Figure '3, showing another modification thereof.

Before proceedmgto a more `detailed explanation of my invention, it should be clearly understood that, while the amuse ment apparatus is particularly adapted for use in establishments, such as amusement lparks or the like, lit is notnecessarily limited to such employment, but may be otherwise utilized to lafford practice and entertain-` The-size of the apparatus too mayment.

be varied. in accordance with its uses,and

any number of target elements, or target.

elements of any desirable size, may be-em- Aployed. Primarily, the invention involves the employment of deflatable or burstable target'elements, such as small'rubber balloon's. ing touched by a pointed object, instantly burst and deflate, so that the ee'ct ofthe explosion, which adds to the entertainment afforded by the-device. It will be understood that many vof the details of construc-V tion" form no part of theinvention and may parting from the spirit ofthe invention.

Such balloons, when inflated, on be'- y I i vbe 'varied in accordance Awith individual 'preference or special conditions without def Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown inV Figures land 2.a form of my invention, in which at the front is disposed the usual counter 10, at the outside of which the players take their posi-v tions. Positioned a't the rear of the counter and spaced therefrom isa stand 11, whichl isp'referably of 'stair-shaped cross-section and presents two or fmore shelves 12 connecte'd by risers 13. The stand 11 is disposed against a rear wall 14. Locatedun-` der oney or more of the shelves`12 arel longitudinal pipes 15. These arejoined by suitable connections 16 and 17-Vwith a tank or reservoir 30 forcompressed air, which" isv positioned `under 'the stand.

Extending upwardly, through suitable openings provided for the purpose in they corresponding shelf 12, from the pipes 15 are nozzle tubes 18, each havingabove the shelf 12 ya petcock 19. A nozzle 2O` is connected to eachpetcock.l This nozzle'is'preferably a flexible tubing, but which is of such character,that.it has a certain vdegree of rigidity and will maintain a normal 'substantially vertical position. Mounted upon i 7o successful action ofthe yplayer is very the petcock each of the nozzles 20 is a balloon element 2l. These, it Will be understood, may be of different sizes and colors.

Vhen the petcocks 19 are opened, the Compressed air from the tank 18 enters the balloon target elements 2l, and they may thus be inflated to any desired extent. Back of each line of balloon elements and secured respectively to a riser 13 or the Wall l5, is a strip which carries a plurality of pins 23, each pin being` placed back of, and adjacent to one of the balloon. target elements 2l. Any suitable projecting device, such as an air gun 24, may be employed in the use of my game apparatus. lWhen such a device is employed, the cork Q5, or other projectile from the gun, if the latter is properly aimed, ivill strike one of the balloon elements 2l, and knocking the same against the pin 23, will cause the balloon to be exploded. It will readily be undervstood that even if the target is struck, but

is not struck squarely, it may be thrust to one side Without being exploded. This, it

' will be understood, adds considerably to the skill necessary to the use of the apparatus and to the entertainment afforded thereby. A player may practice alone at the apparatus or tivo or more players may use the same as competitors.

In the form of the device shown in Figure 3, the air gun or other projecting device is dispensed with. I substitute therefor a flexible member 26 depending from a roof or ceiling 27 over the apparatus. At the lower end of the flexible member is a Weighted body 28.'y In this form of the dervice the player dravvsV the lflexible member rearwardly and releases it, so that it swings as a pendulum, the player endeavoring` to strike therewith one of the balloon target elements. If the same is properly struck, it will be exploded in the same manner as above described. ln the form of the device shown in Figure a, l dispense with the pins 23r land provide one or more pins 29 on the Weighted member 28. In this form of the device, it will 'be seen that not'only must the target be struck, but the Weighted member 28 must strike in such a Way that one of the pins will engage the target before the balloon will be exploded.

Vhen a balloon has been exploded, it can very quickly and easily be replaced by the attendant, who simply removes the neck 21a of the balloon remaining on the nozzle 20, places the new balloon in position, opens' 19, and inflates the balloonA to the desired extent. He then shuts ofi' the air and the target is again ready.v

l claim:

l. Amusement apparatus, comprising a target consisting of an inflatable member of flexible material having a fixed point of attachment but capable of limited bodily movement, a pin held in fixed relation to said inflatable member, and means for striking said inflatable member to force the same.

lsaid inflatable members, and means Within the control of' the players for separately` bringing said inflatable members and said pins into contact for the purposespecified, each of said pins having fixed supports, each of said members having a fixed point of attachment but being flexibly mounted so that it has a limited freedomofbodily movement.

4l. Amusement apparatus, comprising an inflatable member, a source of compressed air for inflating said member, means for reg ulating the admission of compressed air to said member, a member capable of bursting said inflatable member, and means Within the control of the player for bringing said members into contact,l one of said members having a fixed support, the other of'said y members having a flexible point of attachment 4permitting limited bodily movement.

5. Amusement apparatus, conprising-l a fixed nozzle, a source of compressed aira valved connection between said source and'k said nozzle, an inflatable member removably mounted upon said nozzle, and means Within the control of the .player for strikingsaid member with a projectile flatable member. v

6. Amusement apparatus, comprising a plurality of fixed flexible nozzles, inflatable members, removably mounted upon said nozzles, a source of compressed; air, valved con nections between said source and said noz-- zles, and means Within the controll of' the player for bursting said inflatable members.`

to burst said in 7. Amusement apparatus, comprising a 1 stand, a plurahtyfof inflatable members on.y

said stand, flexible mountings for saidy inv llatablev members, pins for bursting said inflatableV members and means Within the' control of the player for bringing said inflatable members and said pins into contact, said-'i pins and saidmembers beingl juxtaposed so that they can be brought into Contact to burst said membersp V 8. Amusement apparatus, comprisingk an inflatable member, means for mounting Said inflatable member whereby the same has a fixed point of attachment but limitedfffreedoml of movement, a fixed; pin near said stand, inflatable members removably mount-rk ed upon said nozzles, means for passing comc pressed air through said nozzles into said inflatable members, fixed pins, each located adjacent to one of said inflatable members, means for predetermining the position of the player with respect to the said stand, and l means within the control of the player for striking said inatable members to force the same into contact with said pins.

l0. Amusementapparatus,vcomprising a counter, a stand rearwardly spaced from said counter, a pipe extending under said counter, a source of compressed air connected with said pipe, a plurality of petcocks connected with said pipe and positioned above said stand, flexible nozzles, each connected with one of said petcocks,'rem0v able inflatable members, each mounted upon one of said nozzles, and fixed pins mounted upon said stand and each adjacent to one of said inflatable members.

V1l. In an amusement apparatus, a target comprising an oscillatable inflatable mem-' ber, a fixed support, a flexible connection between the fixed support and the inflatable member, and a pin for bursting said inflatablel member and located Within the path of oscillation of the inflatable member, and

means for impacting said target to oscillate it against' the pin.

l2.v In an amusement apparatus, a target comprising an inflatable member of flexible c material having a fixed point of attachment and oscillatable about its point of attachment, a pin held in xed relation to said. inflatable member and Within the path of movement of the inflatable member for bursting the inflatable member when said member is moved into engagement Withl the pin, and means for oscillating said target into contact with the pin.

ORSON DESAIX 

